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Notice the cavitation especially on the right.
In the left upper lobe there is probably some traction-bronchiectasis
Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Tuberculosis # ... TB #Active #SecondaryTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Risk Factors For Active ... Active: Symptomatic ... Asymptomatic Active ... Active TB: • ... Treatment: Active
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Risk Factors For Active ... Active: Symptomatic ... Asymptomatic Active ... Active TB: • ... Treatment: Active
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
Miliary Tuberculosis ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... • Failure to thrive ... glands #Miliary #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Pulmonary
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing ... LATENT TB • ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... TB AFB smear microscopy ... Diagnosis #Workup #TB
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
TB: Tree-in-bud ... a patient with active ... TB. 3. ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table
Typical Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient with active TB. #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest #TreeInBud #Tuberculosis #TB #RadiologyAssistant
a patient with active ... TB. ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #TreeInBud #Tuberculosis ... #TB #RadiologyAssistant
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis ... Typically from TB ... signs/symptoms of active ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... Potts #Disease #Tuberculosis
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB ... larynx disease, Tuberculosis ... - disseminated tuberculosis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Miliary TB: random ... a patient with active ... TB. 7. ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Differential #Comparison #Table